黃鐘譭棄瓦釜雷鳴 huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells
  2. good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)

CHARACTERS

黃 huáng yellow; surname
鐘 zhōng clock; bell
譭 huǐ to slander; to defame
棄 qì reject, abandon, discard
瓦 wǎ
HSK 6
tile; earthenware pottery; girl
釜 fǔ cauldron, pot, kettle
雷 léi
HSK 5
thunder
鳴 míng cry of bird or animal; make sound